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Rafa Benitez even paid a visit to England’s training base St George’s Park prior to the 2017 European under-21 Championships to try and convince him to join Newcastle.

Instead he chose South Wales over the north-east and he scored eight goals last term and the England under-21 international will now look to revive his career on loan at Aston Villa.

Tammy Abraham, who opted for a loan switch to Swansea over Newcastle United (Image: PA)

It is a decent return but speaking on BBC Radio 5Live back in April, Wright feels he would have been better served making the journey north because of the love Magpies fans show to prolific goalscorers.

He said: “I was praying that someone like Tammy Abraham went somewhere like there [Newcastle] and I keep saying it because it would be an unbelievable place to score goals at and build.

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“Look at how they took to Andy Cole when he scored. I watched Tammy come on the other day against Man United and I’m seeing some improvement. But it is the kind of place under Rafa that with someone like Kenedy who he knows from Chelsea and he starts scoring goals.

“It’s the kind of place if he goes there under Rafa with someone like Kenedy that he knows from Chelsea, then all of a sudden he can start to bring in these players.”